Instructions for presenters

General information for presenters

• The major part of your audience does NOT belong to your discipline!
• Simplify / popularise
• Important: the broader vision – Why do you do this? Why is it important? What do you expect? How do you do it?
• No unnecessary details
• Preferred language is English - please contact me in case this is difficult for you
• PhD students can ask for one credit point
• Please upload your presentations here (Dead line 28.03.24, 15h00!)
  

Posters

• We ask you to also present "on stage" for 5 min
• Prepare 5 slides (max) for this teaser!
• Please upload your slides here (Dead line 28.03.24, 15h00!)
• Poster: Format A0 or A1, portrait
• Use a font that is large enough: 85 pt font for the main title, 36 pt for subheadings, 24 pt for body text, and 18 pt for captions.
• Less text (try to limit to <250 words in total!) = more visitors to your poster.
• Remember: a poster is a visual abstract of your research!
• Can you present your methods as an illustration rather than text? Can you present your results in a graph instead of a table? Go for it!
• If you want to look at further tips (colours, space, etc…), see for example here, or a nice one here

Oral presentations

• 15 min (+ 5 min discussion)
• Font size from 18 to 36 pt
• Tips for oral presentations – there are plenty! For example here
  1. Create each slide as a single message unit.
  2. Explicitly state that single message on the slide.
  3. Avoid bullet points-opt for word tables.
  4. Use simple diagrams.
  5. Build up your slide while talking

Don't forget that there is a nice reward waiting for the best oral AND the best poster presentation!

If you want assistance with your presentation or poster, have someone for training, contact me: carolin.mayer@unamur.be